Software bike fitting

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So here is the most up to date list of products I like and fit the bill for me and my training needs best! DC Rainmaker swim, bike, run, and general gear list. But wait, are you a female and feel like these things might not apply to you? Login Become a Member. Search for:. Skip to content. Then, I ran to my bike and pedaled. These are all common fit angles that are most often used to describe bike positions: Picking a common one, I then can see what it believes my angles were.

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Add a picture. October 17, at am 1. October 17, at am 2. March 3, at pm 3. Its a great app, but as only as good as the user…it helps if you know how to landmark the body properly as that is how the min-max angles are determined Reply.

Thomas G. October 17, at am 4. Did they mention if they are working on an android version? October 17, at am 5. October 17, at am 6. October 17, at am 7. Greets Chris Brands Netherlands Reply. Ray Boardman. October 17, at pm 8. Great comment Chris, I totally agree with your comments, as well as the inaccuracies of the measurement of the angles.

My question is: Is there an English version of your article? As I am keen to read it. Terry Millard. October 17, at pm 9. Hi Chris and Ray B. October 17, at am Thanks Reply. TriMOEngr Christina. Fantastic, looking forward to the Android version! Yes Pleeeeeeeeeeeaze!!! John Schaller. We are the developers of Bike Fast Fit.

Thanks to Ray for write up. An Android version is in development. Thanks, Terry Reply. October 18, at pm Terry, Does your app work if the bike orientation is reversed from what Ray used?

Thanks, Matthew Reply. Hi Matthew, Every thing works when bike is facing either direction. July 12, at am Hello, did you develop android apk? Hi Mark, The red alignment outline is only used to help the user properly align the camera and the bike.

The angle and measurement tools will work with any type of trainer. Happy to answer any questions or comments. Android version as soon as possible pleeeaaassse. Karl Trout. October 17, at pm Hi Rainmaker, Thanks for the review of this cool app. Haha Reply. Not having a trainer, could I just lean against the wall and pedal in the reverse direction? X Reply. The app could put holes in the red dots on the image to make the positioning easier. Hi CC, This version of the app does not use motion detector to dynamically create angles.

Eric Min. Hi DC, Looks like an amazing app. Charley Lingerfelt. Will this work on a mountain bike as well? Hi Charley, Works for mountain bikes too. Cycling Specialist. October 1, at pm Yes, Definately it works. March 21, at pm Excellent question! Peter Jones. October 18, at am Hi Peter, The app has ability to do front view so you can see legs, knees, etc. Well done. Hi,ignore my question regarding timer on video,I see that it is in the app.

Alex B. Paul H. Jacob Wijnstra. Greetings from rainy Holland, Jacob Wijnstra Reply. October 20, at am October 23, at pm Hi Lex, Bike Fast Fit will work with a road bike with clip-on aero bars and an adjustable seat post. Terry Reply. July 16, at pm Mike Johnshoy. October 22, at pm Bike Energy Lab. October 26, at am Thanks for the review Ray. August 2, at am Will use this app with cycling friends on the local club as an anti injury aid.

Cheers Reply. Gary Carollo. October 26, at pm Jacob Ooi. November 16, at am Be careful on this. Just bought. Hi Jacob, We goofed. I have several emails from you and I will respond to those also. Sorry, Terry Reply.

November 19, at am November 22, at pm Hey Ray. November 23, at pm Funny how few people caught that… I do like it. December 23, at pm Hello, Discovered the app through yr review and am very quite happy with it. I have trouble with one thing. Do you know how if possible delete the videos once you have quite few of them?

Best regards, Alexandre Reply. Great, thanks! January 5, at pm January 9, at am Same question, would be great to get an android version. February 20, at pm May 12, at pm March 12, at am Will this help me get my saddle height and for and aft position right? Yes, it could. March 13, at am On the plus side no more getting my wife to help me with the plumbline Reply. March 15, at am Any sign Of the android version coming. Our tools help you pick the size and fit of your bike based on your body and ride goals, nothing else.

Online AI powered bike fit in the palm of your hand Your Body. Your Fit Get started. Accurate Based on over 10 million data points and validated with thousands of professional bike fit files, our AI based algorithms produce results that match other leading fit systems.

Convenient With only your phone, trainer, and bike, you can check your fit whenever and wherever you want. This stands in contrast to what we have today and it might help to differentiate between the traditional use of fit systems and tools and a more recent way of approaching bike fit. There are 3 ways to parse between these older systems versus with what we've now got today Retul, Guru, F.

When you actually pedal aboard a fit bike and the process of riding is incorporated into the selection of fit coordinates seat height, cockpit distance, handlebar elevation that's a DYNAMIC fit process. When we talk about software for bike fitting, it's important for you to determine whether the process the software relies upon is static or dynamic.

If you don't have a fit bike and you don't intend on getting or using one, a piece of software that optimizes a dynamic process is probably a waste of money. Maybe the software only refers to taking fit coordinates and giving you back complete bike solutions. Software like this mates with any kind of process — static or dynamic — that outputs fit coordinates.

The software you have access to via this article is this kind. The software sold by Fit Kit will tell you the seat and top tube lengths of the bike you're looking for. It's designed to be used by bike shops that just can't or won't or choose not to move to an X and Y system of bike and fit metrics. The Waterford Fitmaster bike "looks" like a bike, with its seat and head tube members declined back from vertical, just like a bike you ride.

This differs from fit bikes that adjust straight up and down and back and forth. Measurements like seat tube, top tube, head tube, head angle, seat angle all are based on what we'll call an ANGULAR approach to bike metrics.

In order to know where the head tube top sits in relation to the bottom bracket, you must know the bottom bracket drop, seat angle, seat tube length, and top tube length. The other way to identify the head tube top relative to the bottom bracket is via stack and reach, and these are the X and Y horizontal and vertical distances between those two spots.

Finally — and this is important when you choose software — there are 2 parts to the fit process. Part 1 is the establishment of fit coordinates seat height, handlebar elevation, etc. Part 2 is where you match those fit coordinates to complete bike solutions. Images here are of the Guru fit report that show, among other things, your complete bike solutions. Many people have gone to a fitter and gotten a fit report that doesn't look anything like what's pictured here.

That report might just list fit coordinates. And that's fine. That's the most important part of a fit report. A report from Retul might contain 2 sets of metrics specific to your body: first, a bunch of angles. And so forth. All that is fine, but is of no practical use to you.

It's of use only to the fitter, who was using body angles to help drive the fit process. Contrast this to Fit Kit, which uses limb and torso lengths as drivers. You would only use body angles as drivers during a dynamic fit process, as these are angles your body achieves during the process of pedaling.

The second part of a Retul report shows you your fit coordinates.